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## Our Mission
Our mission is to provide the most powerful no-code interface for databases which is open source to every single internet business in the world. This would not only democratise access to a powerful computing tool but also bring forth a billion+ people who will have radical tinkering-and-building abilities on internet.
| Project Type | Metadata stored in | Data stored in |
|---------|-----------|--------|
| Create new project | NC_DB | NC_DB |
| Create new project with External Database | NC_DB | External Database |
| Create new project from Excel | NC_DB | NC_DB |
## NocoDB repository structure
We use ``Lerna`` to manage multi-packages. We have the following [packages](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/tree/master/packages).
- ``packages/nc-cli`` : A CLI to create NocoDB app.
- ``packages/nc-common``: A common library package used internally.
- ``packages/nc-gui``: NocoDB Frontend.
- ``packages/nc-lib-gui``: The build version of ``nc-gui`` which will be used in ``packages/nocodb``.
- ``packages/nc-migrator-archived``: SQL based schema migrations or evolutions.
- ``packages/nc-plugin``: Plugin template.
- ``packages/noco-blog``: NocoDB Blog which will be auto-released to [nocodb/noco-blog](https://github.com/nocodb/noco-blog).
- ``packages/noco-book``: NocoDB Handbook which will be auto-released to [nocodb/noco-book](https://github.com/nocodb/noco-book).
- ``packages/noco-docs``: NocoDB Documentation which will be auto-released to [nocodb/noco-docs](https://github.com/nocodb/noco-docs).
- ``packages/noco-docs-prev``: NocoDB Documentation for previous versions which will be auto-released to [nocodb/noco-docs-prev](https://github.com/nocodb/noco-docs-prev) and will be completely removed on 30 Jun 2022.
- ``packages/nocodb``: NocoDB Backend, hosted in [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nocodb).
## Contributions
All contributions are welcome. NocoDB projects can be found in the [NocoDB](https://github.com/nocodb) Github organization. Our core uses [The AGPL V3 license](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/master/LICENSE) and all contributors should read the [contribution guides](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) before making your first contribution.
Wing-Kam Wong
3 years ago